People in Zongwu: Starting with the Yin Gui Sect

(This book is not an orthodox historical text, and the war process is simplified as much as possible)

In the Qianqing Palace, after learning that the Jiannu army had entered the pass, Wu Yu knew that his guess had come true. Huang Taiji still borrowed the road from the grassland like the Jisi Rebellion in history. In this way, his plan could continue.

After more than ten days, after learning that Huang Taiji had successfully broken through the Great Wall and arrived in Zunhua, Wu Yu knew that it was time to notify Wang Zaijin to set off.

September 8th, outside Zunhua City.

In the big tent, looking at the Zunhua City not far away, which was more solid than Ningyuan, Huang Taiji became irritable.

In the past few days, they have attacked the city more than ten times, but each time they were repelled by the Ming army with the help of the city wall, especially the more than 20 red cannons on the city wall made them suffer a lot. A full 5,000 Jin warriors fell under this Zunhua City.

In fact, he had no idea that in order to let Wang Yuanya, the governor of Zunhua, delay Huang Taiji as much as possible and give Wang Zaijin enough time to return for help, Wu Yu had specifically ordered people to transport these red cannons, so that Wang Yuanya could delay Huang Taiji for a few days no matter what.

And in order to prevent him from committing suicide and dying for his country as in history, Wu Yu also specially ordered people to watch him and take him out of Zunhua once the time came.

"Tell me, how can we quickly break through this damn Zunhua City."

Originally, in Huang Taiji's expectation, Zunhua City should be captured in one or two days at most, but he didn't expect that after five consecutive days, the opponent was still as strong as before. If this continues, let alone five days, they will not be able to capture it even after another five days.

But he waited for a long time and no one responded. Obviously, these people couldn't think of a good way for a while.

However, Duoduo, the fifteenth brother of the White Banner, was eager to try, but he was stopped by a look from him.

Because he knew what Duoduo meant, it was nothing more than to do it at all costs, but that was not what he wanted. If they really did what the other party said, even if they finally took down Zunhua City, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

You must know that their Great Jin is not like the Great Ming. Every warrior of the Great Jin is precious. Even the five thousand people who died in the past few days were enough to make him sad for a long time. Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, he will never easily take other people's lives to fill it.

Fan Wencheng, who was sitting next to him, seemed to have thought of something and said, "Khan, I don't know if you noticed that when we attacked the city on the first day, there were a total of 24 red cannons, but today when we attacked the city, there were only 16 left."

"What you mean is..."

Fan Wencheng's words immediately made Huang Taiji's eyes brighten, because he had guessed what the other party meant.

As expected, Fan Wencheng said, "If what I guessed is correct, then the shells on Zunhua City are either seriously insufficient, or other artillery has been scrapped. But no matter which one it is, it means that they can no longer hold on. Once the Ming army has no artillery, then we..."

Although Fan Wencheng did not finish his words, everyone understood what he meant, especially Huang Taiji, who not only stood up and shook his hand, but also said, "I am fortunate to have your help in this life, just like Zhou got Lu Wang and Han got Zhang Liang!"

As a matter of fact, Fan Wencheng got goose bumps as soon as these words came out. Of course, he knew that Huang Taiji's words came from the words of Xu Shu in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when he recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei.

Moreover, he had read this book, which was just an ordinary novel, but Huang Taiji didn't know what was wrong with him. He not only regarded this book as a treasure and studied it day and night, but also asked other eight banners to study it together.

As for Huang Taiji, after understanding Fan Wencheng's intention, he immediately made a plan and formulated it on the spot.

As expected, two days later, before they had time to attack the city, they had received the news that the governor Wang Yuanya had "abandoned the city and fled."

Not only Wang Yuanya, but also all the officials and civilians in the city had fled, leaving them with an empty city.

"Damn Ming people!"

When they thought that the city they had worked so hard to conquer with so much manpower and material resources was actually an empty city, Duoduo and other eight banner leaders were so angry that they cursed, and so many people died in vain these days.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Fan Wencheng with murderous intent, thinking that if this Ming dog had not deceived the Khan to slow down the offensive, Zunhua City would have been captured by them long ago.

In fact, not only Duoduo and the other eight banner leaders, but also Huang Taiji himself was wondering if he had trusted Fan Wencheng too much, and thus missed the best time to attack, causing the enemy to be in trouble after entering the city.Not a hair was obtained.

But Huang Taiji soon shook his head. Fan Wencheng only mentioned it, and he was the one who made the real decision.

Moreover, there is a saying in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Trust people when you employ them, and don't employ people when you doubt them. So in the final analysis, it was his own problem, and it had little to do with Fan Wencheng.

Then Huang Taiji ordered to reward the warriors. Although they did not get any supplies after taking Zunhua this time, they should not be short of rewards, otherwise who would work for him in the future.

Seeing that the already limited food was drying up again, Huang Taiji was more determined to fight to Beijing.

Especially when Zunhua, where they were currently, was less than 300 miles away from Beijing, if they didn't fight there, then their trip would be in vain.

300 miles, at their marching speed, it would take less than three to five days. Of course, if other infantry were added, it would be slower.

Although cavalry was faster than infantry, Huang Taiji did not want to waste these days, so while sending the army, he also asked Manggurtai, Ajige and Duoduo to lead a thousand cavalrymen to nearby villages and towns to plunder supplies.

What he did not expect was that when Manggurtai and the other two returned with their men, they were all dejected.

After asking, he found out that not only Zunhua City, but also all the surrounding towns and villages were empty, not even a ghost was seen, let alone supplies.

It is obvious that the governor Wang Yuanya took advantage of the time when they attacked the city to relocate all the nearby people.

When Huang Taiji thought of this, he was so angry that he threw the wine in his hand fiercely. He knew that if he could not fight to Beijing City to plunder this time, not only would they come in vain, but his position as the Khan would also be shaken, especially Amin Daishan and Manggurtai, who had long been eager to replace him.